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Conor McCreery is the co-founder of Kill Shakespeare Entertainment.  Previously, he was a print and television journalist on three continents covering everything from the NBA, to stock-market apocalypses, to celebrity gossip. His work has been featured in the Globe and Mail, the Grid, WIRED.com and Globeinvestor.com. McCreey has co-authored Kill Shakespeare: Backstage Edition Volume 1 (IDW Publishing), which collects the entirety of the first twelve-issue arc of the award-winning series in one gorgeous hardcover volume. Filled with never before seen art, sketches, a brand new back-up story, and fun annotations by top Shakespeare scholars, the Backstage Edition is a must-have for both fans of the series and those looking for a thrilling new comics adventure. In Sherlock Holmes vs. Harry Houdini (IDW), the world's most famous detective meets the world's most famous magician... and death ensues! Famed sleuth Sherlock Holmes and brash showman Harry Houdini must combine forces to defeat a mysterious mystic dedicated to destroying Houdini's career and killing anyone who gets in his way. Written by Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery, the Harvey Award-nominated creators of Kill Shakespeare. This edition collects the complete comic book storyline of Sherlock Holmes Vs. Harry Houdini issues #1-5.

Craig Thompson is an Eisner Award-winning graphic novelist best known for his books Good-Bye, Chunky Rice, Blankets, Carnet de Voyage, and Habibi. Thompson has received three Eisner Awards, four Harvey Awards, and two Ignatz Awards. In 2007, his cover design for the Menomena album Friend and Foe received a Grammy nomination for Best Recording Package. Space Dumplins (Graphix) is Thompson's debut book for young readers about a plucky heroine on a mission to save her dad. For Violet Marlocke, family is the most important thing in the whole galaxy. So when her father goes missing while on a hazardous job, she can't just sit around and do nothing. To get him back, Violet throws caution to the stars and sets out with a group of misfit friends on a quest to find him. But space is vast and dangerous, and she soon discovers that her dad is in big, BIG trouble. With her father's life on the line, nothing is going to stop Violet from trying to rescue him and keep her family together.

George O'Connor is over 7 foot tall, and is the handsomest man in the world. He is a New York Times-bestselling author and illustrator of the Olympians series as well as such graphic novels as Journey into Mohawk Country and Ball Peen Hammer. In addition to his graphic novel career, Mr. O'Connor has published several children's picture books including the New York Times bestseller Kapow!, Ker-Splash, and Sally and the Some-thing. O’Connor’s latest book, Ares: Bringer of War (First Second) is volume seven in the Olympians, a series of graphic novels about the Greek Gods.  The myth continues in the tenth year of the fabled Trojan War where two infamous gods of war go to battle. The spotlight is thrown on Ares, god of war, and primarily focuses on his battle with the clever and powerful Athena. As the battle culminates and the gods try to one-up each other to win, the human death toll mounts. Who will win this epic clash of power? And how many will have to die first?

Martin Olson is a comedy writer, songwriter, and poet, who plays Hunson Abadeer, Lord of Evil, on the Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time. As a television writer, he has received four Emmy nominations. Martin is known for writing Phineas and Ferb, the New York Times bestselling Adventure Time Encyclopaedia, and his satirical book Encyclopaedia of Hell. His latest book, co-authored with his daughter Olivia, is Adventure Time's: The Enchiridion & Marcy's Super Secret Scrapbook!!! (Abrams; $24.95). Dive deeper into the secrets of Adventure Time's Land of Ooo with this mysterious mash-up of The Enchiridion (the ancient hero's handbook, as featured on the series) and Marceline's private scrapbook. It's like having two books in one . . . because it is two books in one! From the same creative team behind the New York Times bestselling Adventure Time Encyclopaedia, this in-world compendium of all things Oooian is a humor-, paradox-, and literary contrivance-filled tome true to the imagination, innovation, and heart of Adventure Time.

Matthew Holm was born and raised in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and has been drawing comics since he was in middle school. With his three-time Newbery Honor-winning sister, Jennifer, Matthew, he created the graphic novel series Babymouse and Squish. The latest from the brother and sister team is the graphic children’s novel, Sunny Side Up (Scholastic), which follows the lives of kids whose older brother's delinquent behavior has thrown their family into chaos. In its starred review, Kirkus Reviews calls the story, "Funny, poignant, and reassuringly upbeat."